Excerpted from "Goin' Crazy", an unfinished autobiography in novel form. by Michael F. Nyiri 1977 (continued from Part Three) Everybody get down.” ”Oh, come on!” ”Act NORMAL.” ”Normal? We have to hide those rolls of toilet paper in the back seat.” ”Tom,” Mike began, “try to hide those rolls with your legs.” Tom laughed. ”Mike, make a run for it. Now.” ”Yeah, it’s your ticket!” ”Thanks.” The patrol car deflty pulled up behind the Dart. By this time Mike knew everything was us

Excerpted from "Goin' Crazy", an unfinished autobiography in novel form. by Michael F. Nyiri 1977 (continued from Part Two) The “Cast of Characters”. Each of the ten members of the “Rosemont Rebels” is based on a real life person, although the “names have all been changed”. This photo shows the gang reunited about four years after high school graduation at Evan’s wedding. (I got there from doing something else that day and wasn’t part of the wedding party, so I am not wearing

Excerpted from "Goin' Crazy", an unfinished autobiography in novel form. by Michael F. Nyiri 1977 Continued from Part One "Guess who-o" someone behind him knocked his mortarboard on the ground and dropped him to his knees by pushing him from behind. "Stop it," Mike rolled around and looked up, "You'll dirty my robe and I won't get my diploma. Oh, it's you, you little bugger. "The Corona Kid, at your service," the tall youth, wearing a striped tee-shirt and dark jeans put his

Excerpted from "Goin' Crazy", an unfinished autobiography in novel form. by Michael F. Nyiri 1977 I wrote five chapters of my autobiography while on unemployment in 1977 at the age of 24. The undertaking was to write the book as a roman a clef, substituting fake names for the people in my life, so I could get inside the characters' minds, and hopefully create a more fulfilling and rich tale. The very first chapter is what I am presenting here, detailing Graduation night. It i